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Show Colorful Porcda, General Sessiosi1 Otiswsd U.i.IX Wed. Morning Study Of Soils Will Be Feature Of Men's Department; Outstanding 'Teen-Age Program A colorful parade -Wednesday morning marked the opening of the annual Uintah Basin Industrial Convention as hundreds of visitors and town.sfolks lined the streets to see the always popular kick-off kick-off feature. Following the parade on Main Street, the convention proceedings moved to the City Park for the first of five general session programs. pro-grams. Officers and directors and visiting dignitaries were introduced intro-duced by the 1955 UBIC president, Loman F. Hutching.s, who, along with Mayor Paul Murphy, who led the parade, gave brief welcoming welcom-ing addresses and expressed hope for an outstanding convention. Miss Joe Ann Walker, 1955 UBIC Queen, and her two attendants, Miss Carol Lynn Cook and Miss Leora Wilson were properly introduced in-troduced and presented to the convention. con-vention. The opening address was delivered de-livered by Dr. Royden Braithwaite, director of the College of Southern South-ern Utah, at Cedar City, who used as his text the subject, "Better "Bet-ter Living." The afternoon general gener-al session, which opened at 1:15, was under the direction of Merlin Sullivan as chairman. "Water Problems in the Uintah Basin," were discussed by a native Utahn, Parley Neeley, area engineer for the Bureau of Reclamation. He is a resident of Spanish Fork. (Continued on Back Page) PARADE STARTS UBIC .... (Continued from Page One) A different idea was used in the men's departmental session on Wednesday, when following the general session the group met to hear Lemoine Wilson, soil scien- tist at the Utah State Agricultural Agricultur-al College at Logan Experiment Station, discuss soil' conditions in the Uintah Basin. After his brief discussion, a tour was made of the local area, where they saw first hand some of the things Mr. Wilson told them about. The final fin-al leg of the field trip was at the Senor Mortensen farm on North Myton Bench, where they saw what can be done if proper drainage techniques and ideas are put to a practical use. Mr. Wilson directed a soil survey sur-vey of the Basin in 1939 and 1940, and also was . in charge of a re-check re-check survey made in 1953. He is very familiar with land classification classifica-tion and soil types in this vast area, and has done more than any other man in this field in the Basin. On the field trip the delegation viewed water accumulations, high water tables, saline and general land conditions in various parts of the Basin. What is happening to our land as pointed out by Mr. Wilson was startling to the group on the tour. Analyzed What Was Seen According to Robert Murdock, Duchesne county agent, who is chairman of the Men's Department, Depart-ment, the program on Thursday following the general session in the afternoon, will be a continuation continua-tion of the Wednesday study. Mr-Wilson Mr-Wilson will discuss what was observed ob-served on the field trip. The other speaker on Thursday's program will be James O. Barker, extension exten-sion irrigationist and drainage expert ex-pert at the USAC, who will discuss dis-cuss drainage problems and give demonstrations, on water-soil intake in-take rates. He will attempt to answer questions on this serious problem. Mr. Murdock was hopeful a representative from the state engineer's en-gineer's office would be present on Thursday to answer questions pertaining to water filings, and help with other problems dealing with that office. Top 'Teen-Age Program Outstanding programs for the 'teen-agers are in swing, with" top instruction and entertainment presented pre-sented Wednesday afternoon by students from the University of Utah, with a fashion show and helpful hints on personality and charm displayed. Chairman for this division is Mrs. Veda Jensen, BPW .president- -WC stcff-sA'ceptional programs are also scheduled for Thursday and Friday. Featured Thursday at 2:30 p.m. will be Dr. William Fowler Fow-ler and his guitar, from the University Uni-versity of Utah Music department, in addition to a special program from the Speech department, on "Opportunities in Speech, Theatre and Radio." A special' treat Friday at 1:00 p.m. will again deal with 'teenagers, 'teen-agers, when Mrs. Gertrude Morgan, Mor-gan, dean of women from the Uni-versty Uni-versty of Utah, will speak on the subject, "Opportunities, for Girls in the World Today." Vocal music will be presented by Jewel Johnson John-son Cutler, also from the University. Univer-sity. All 'teen-agers are invited and urged to attend the three sessions provided especially for them something by which every girl can benefit. Children's Department Mrs. Jean Stringham, chairman of the Children's Department, invites in-vites all children from 2 to 6 to hear the Story Princesses at 2:30 p.m. at the City Park. Girls from 7 to 12 will meet at the Elementary School at 2:30 p.m. to see the doll show, under the direction of Pearl Labrum. Boys from 7 to 12 will' meet at 2:30 p.m. at the Elementary School for games and activities, according to John Blaine, chairman. chair-man. Thursday - Story Princesses will again be at the City Park Thursday at 2:30 p.m. A talent show will be held at 2:30 p.m. at the Elementary School, under the direction of Renae Eldredge. Boys' activities will be held again at 2:30 p.m. Friday Activity for children will begin Friday at 1:00 p.m. and will follow closely to the above routine, rou-tine, with the Story Princesses to again be on hand to entertain the children. Mrs. M. J. Edwards is chairman of this phase of the program. pro-gram. Sports and games will be continued at the Elementary School'. |